Education ministry setting up center to push for Thailand as education hub

[Lite Beer]

Education ministry setting up center to push for Thailand as education hub

BANGKOK, 26 July 2015 (NNT) - The Ministry of Education is establishing a center to develop Thailand as the education hub of ASEAN. The center will coordinate ASEAN-related affairs and implement the association’s policies at the local level.

Deputy Government Spokesman Maj.Gen. Sansern Kaeokamnerd said the goal of the ministry’s development of Thailand as the ASEAN education hub was to internationalize education in the junior-high and high school levels. These schools must be prepared to provide education for both Thai and foreign students in ASEAN. The center would also act as a source of information and research on ASEAN and train people for competition in the regional level, Maj.Gen. Sansern added.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha agreed with the establishment of the center which was in line with the government’s national reform efforts and preparations for the AEC, said the deputy government spokesman.

-- NNT 2015-07-26

[CiaranO]

Oh god. Please stop.

[deckape]

Oh god. Please stop.

I swear to god they are trolling us. Maybe this whole forum is a 'Truman Show' kinda deal?

[Just1Voice]

Thailand has one of the WORST educations systems in the WORLD, and they want to become an ASIAN EDUCATION HUB?

Please tell me what kind of drugs these people are on.

[Mango Bob]

Reminders me of the movie Field of Dreams "You can build it but will they come"

[cmsally]

Thailand has one of the WORST educations systems in the WORLD, and they want to become an ASIAN EDUCATION HUB?

Please tell me what kind of drugs these people are on.

Strong, hallucinogenic ones ...

[Snig27]

Any country which has a "Major General" as the education spokesman will have the rest of planet earth laughing for a start.

[mark131v]

Makes you despair that they actually put this out in the public domain as it is bloody embarrassing, are the powers that be really so naive and do the Thais actually believe any of it....

[toonsai]

It's impossible not to do the usual Thai bashing with such ridiculous announcements...

At least they are very consistent. It must be on each official road map:

- Make fake polls

- Cover the truth at any cost

- Create a hub every few weeks

- Finger point at Burmese or Khmer for all problems

- Farangs cannot understand

- Thailand does not need any assistance

[djjamie]

This is an ambitious plan considering that Thailand's education system has a lot to be desired.

If they were to make it the hub of education they certainly have along way to go.

They may have to actually delay elections again to see this dream realized.

[Down the rabbit hole]

Seriously? Bloody hell, seems a bit delusional to me. Better form a committee.

[ikke]

From now on we don't call Thai people "Thai" , but Hubbies ...

[Thai at Heart]

Why would a plan be to educate foreign kids in Thai schools. The class sizes are already crazy

[robertthebruce]

Yes, come to Thailand for an Education ??? I certainly did....., just like a Swiss Finishing School.....NOT

[quandow]

Why not? After all, they cured HIV, didn't they?

[Just1Voice]

Makes you despair that they actually put this out in the public domain as it is bloody embarrassing, are the powers that be really so naive and do the Thais actually believe any of it....

Yes and Yes.

[kriswillems]

They would better start with learning the difference between brainwashing and hitting children and education.

[Chang_paarp]

They are just expanding the business model of Kao San Road pay your money and select the qualifications you want.

[Jessi]

The spin factory has moved into the Education system in Thailand.

Thailand "The Hub of Spin"

[willyumiii]

Throwing money at education does not work, we already know that.

Thailand has one of the most expensive education systems in the world, with the worst results.

First, they need to start teaching the "Critical Thinking Method" like most of the modern world.

Second they need to train and hire teachers who's priority is the education of the students and not their paychecks and how little they can get away with doing in order to collect those paychecks.

Corruption is a cancer in the Thai school system and it is the students who suffer.

[MZurf]

This is an ambitious plan considering that Thailand's education system has a lot to be desired.

If they were to make it the hub of education they certainly have along way to go.

They may have to actually delay elections again to see this dream realized.

Don't worry. I'm pretty sure your dreams will come through.

Or have I just fed a troll??

[PatOngo]

You have to admire their twisted sense of humour

[Dogmatix]

Thailand will become the education hub of the AEC. Is there something wrong with his logic? Wealthy parents will pay through the nose to get their kids PISA scores on a par with Thai students - i.e. the lowest in SE Asia? Are Singaporean schools now quaking in their boots at the thought of this new formidable competitor? Are Gen Prayut and Maj Gen Sansern shining examples of the products of Thai education that can be used on marketing trips to promote this new concept?

Edited July 26, 2015 by Dogmatix

[phoenixdoglover]

ASEAN education hub?

I would vote for Singapore, by a wide margin.

As for Thai education....

My wife is Thai. I love her dearly. She is intelligent, and she learns new things pretty rapidly.

I am still trying to figure out what they did with the kids for 12 years in her schools in Khon Kaen. Her reading and writing is rudimentary, and her math skills are sufficient to figure out profit margins and percent discounts. She learned English on the job, working overseas.

That's about it.

Forget about geography or world history (or even regional history). Those are completely missing.

I don't think it is much better today. I've looked at the work her nieces (ages 8 and 12) bring home. It's about 2 grades behind what I would expect in the US or Europe.

[onelasttime]

Sometimes, people are so stupid that they don't know what they don't know. Their incompetence is breathtaking in scope and sad beyond belief.

[Misterwhisper]

Oh please, not again!

It only brings one proverb to mind: "Stupid is a stupid does."

[heybruce]

It's scary to think this government is that out of touch with reality.

[awayego]

Please, no more, my stomach hurts!

[jerojero]

Bhaahaa ha ha ha! I just spit my coffee out... Haha. Education hub! Education.... No need to say more, except... Haha Haha

[Lupatria]

This news is as trustworthy as the mafia declares to become a religious charity organisation.